Man, if I was the OP for this post I woulda run a mile by now. Imagine asking fairly innocent questions about an area you're thinking of moving to and having 'your' conversation taken over by people who want to argue about statistics and point out random and sensationalist crime stories, jeez...I should think they were more interested in the vibe in general, whether it's 'on the whole' nice or not... Anyways, I'm about to move here to after working in the area for six months and I'm very excited and can't wait to get settled in. Been living in Brixton until now - very nice, actually, pretty quiet and mellow - but ED's where I really want to be. Just seems...well, there's some saying about London just being a collection of small towns - and when you find a place like East Dulwich, I can actually see what they mean. Not that I'm any expert, of course. Cheers!